Former PM Suga and LDP Vice President Aso are competing to determine who will influence the choice of post-Kishida leader in the LDP presidential election.
The LDP's loss in the Shimane 1st by-election signals broader challenges. There are concerns over the Kishida leadership but a clear successor remains elusive.
The slight boost in the Cabinet's approval rating could prompt Kishida to dissolve the Lower House and call a general election before the end of June.
Kishida had just completed a summit meeting in India. He slipped out of his hotel in the middle of the night, boarding a chartered plane on...
Minamitorishima, the easternmost tip of Japan, floats in the Pacific Ocean about 1800 kilometers away from the main island of Honshu. The small island,...
Even as nations around the world are struggling to respond to the challenge of the novel coronavirus pandemic, China has been making provocative moves...
The National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), in its latest East Asian Strategic Report on the security environment surrounding Japan, found that the People’s Republic of...
March 29 marked the fourth year since the passage of a historic package that revised Japan’s national security law. Before the new national security...
Amidst rising threats from North Korean ballistic missiles, Japan’s Defense Agency has begun deliberations on the development of a new missile interception system. Research...